Main entry:

Bonavia-Hunt, Noel A. (Noel Aubrey), 1882-1965, author.

Title & Author:

The modern British organ : a theoretical and practical treatise on the tone and mechanism of the king of instruments / Noel A. Bonavia-Hunt.

Edition:

New & revised edition.

Publication:

London : A. Weekes & Company, [1950]

Description:

xii, 267 pages : illustrations, portrait, music ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Preface -- Introduction -- The pipes of the organ -- The diapasons -- The strings -- The flutes -- The reeds -- The pedal organ -- Octaves and mutations -- Orchestral and imitative tones -- Tonal architecture -- Voicing and finishing -- Tuning -- The pipeless organ -- Console and mechanism -- Soundboards and chests -- The source of supply -- Four notable British organs. Doncaster Parish church -- Westminister Abbey -- Westminister cathedral -- Wolverhampton civic hall -- Appendix I. Aeolian-Skinner Co.'s special stops -- Appendix II. Mr C.H. Clarke's electric stop-key and piston -- Appendix III. Mr. C.H. Clarke's drawstop slider machines -- Index.

Subject:

Organ (Musical instrument) Great Britain.
Organ (Musical instrument) Construction.
Orgue Grande-Bretagne.
Orgue Facture.
Organ (Musical instrument)
Orgelbau
Great Britain
Großbritannien

Holdings:

Location: Library main cormier 52632
Call No.: ID CORM24e; ID:90-B1466
Status: Available